Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

The Best Time to Start a New Year’s Resolution is Right Now

Today is not your enemy. There’s no need to complicate today (as in right now) with the uncertainty of the next five years. Every day when you get out of bed in the morning, you have two options: Do what...

The Jinx of an Introduction

It's a jinx to write up introduction posts. Too often do writers just abandon whatever project they had in mind right after the first post.

A Confession of Blogging

What’s the purpose of the blog? Ultimately, this is an experiment. A sandbox for me to write—hopefully even edit—thoughts about subjects that I’m passionate about. But that doesn’t give a satisfying answer. In order to properly understand, I’ll need to...

Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years

A Case Study First off, full disclosure that I personally love the idea of personal journal-keeping. In the field of writing, I don’t think it gets nearly as much recognition as it should. Though I’m going to try my best to...